Stories from Monday, April 8, 1991

JACKSON -- The western railroads, more than anything else, played a key role in opening, settling and developing the frontier wilderness known as the American west. That's the message Craig Miner, a professor of history at Wichita (Kan.) State University, brought Saturday to Southeast Missouri railroad and history enthusiasts...

MAKANDA, Ill. - Three Union County residents were seriously injured Sunday in a three-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 51, two miles north of the Upper Cobden Road, near the Union-Jackson county line. The accident occurred at 2:38 p.m. Illinois State Police at Ullin said the accident occurred when a car driven south by David W. ...

CAIRO, Ill. -- The timetable for construction of a new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ohio River locks and dam near Olmsted still is on target. "Assuming that everything goes well in the budget, there will be a considerable amount of money for further design and initial construction of the dam," said Rep. Glenn Poshard (D-Carterville) here last week. "Construction is expected to get under way in the fall of 1992...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Doyle Hinton is in the business of raising goats and miniature horses, but he bought nine pot-bellied pigs Sunday. "I've never been a big fan of the pot-bellied pigs," said Hinton, of Georgetown, Ky. "But, people back home have often asked me about them. The market was `right' here, and I decided to take a chance with them."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau School District Board of Education today will hold a special closed meeting to interview candidates for principal of Hawthorn Elementary School. Charles Clippard, Hawthorn's principal for 35 years, announced in February that he would retire at the end of the school year...

With Major League Baseball opening this week, the Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought about the multi-million-dollar salaries that will be paid to some of the baseball players. Harvey McVay: "I think it's totally ridiculous. I don't think anyone is worth that kind of money. Look at the players of the past and what they got paid. I'm sure they had as many stars then as we do now."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- "Waste Wise," a recycling program, will be held at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Fellowship Hall, 1904 W. Cape Rock Dr., Saturday. The program, sponsored by the Aid Association for Lutherans (CAL), will start at 7 p.m., and will feature a video and other activities, focusing on environmental concerns, challenges and solutions...

With the 100 hour ground war victory in the Persian Gulf, the Vietnam ghost faded then it returned. On one day, General Norman Schwarzkopf concluded that President Bush did to him what Presidents Johnson and Nixon had done to General William Westmoreland in Vietnam: Bush wouldn't let Schwarzkopf win the war the way it should have been won. ...

As an institution of higher learning, Southeast Missouri State University has excelled. Through the school's 118 years, its graduates have succeeded in most fields of endeavor. Seen another way, the university is an enterprise of considerable economic significance, with staying power and stability matched by few other fiscal entities. The university remains a remarkable asset for this community and region...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Leona E. Green of 1505 Parksite in Cape Girardeau will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Ernest Schwartz will officiate, and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Noel Hutson of Scott City and formerly of Benton will be at noon Tuesday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Dale Huff will officiate, and burial will be in the Unity Baptist Cemetery, near Benton...

CAIRO, Ill. - Funeral services for Grayce Speck, 80, of Cairo, Ill., will be held Tuesday, April 9, at 1 p.m., at the Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo. The Rev. Larry L. Potts will officiate. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge, Ill...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- NTE Programs Specialty Area Exams will be offered April 27 at Southeast Missouri State University. This additional exam, being offered at Southeast and four other Missouri testing centers, is an effort to meet the needs of students affected by a new state certification requirement, according to Jewel Eggley, university testing supervisor...